Garment band



M. L. HELLER Jan. 16, 1934.

GARMENT BAND Filed May 9, 1929 3 wwe/who@ [V/i0@ L. Heiler 351g bis @Mom/m12* 5 .plete with Vbutton operations other Patented Jan. 16, 1934 A para stares rares Fries y GARMENT BAND Milton L. Heller, New York, N. Y. Application May 9, 1929. Serial No. 361,746

The objects 2 Claims.

of the invention are to provide a -holes and requiring no further than -cutting to the desired length; to provide such a band having maximum strength for the button-holes with minimum amount of material;

that the strain toso construct the band of the button will be counteracted by, four plies vof the material ofthe band in ad- --dition to one p ly of the material of the garment;

to eliminate the necessity of any lines of stitches,

either straight to overcomethe necesto adapt the ban-d for use with various types or styles of garments and at various places where a band with button-holes may be required; to prevent vthe band from the band to be sagging where buttoned; to enable made economically with no skilled vlabor and yet-have the strength of a more expen- -sive band; .to provide a band which can be applied most eco skilled operators;

nomically and without -need of to secure simplicity of construction and operation, and to obtain other advantages and results as may the following Referring to be brought outin description.

the accompanying drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a waist portion of a pair tion;

Figure 2 is of trousers embodying my invena vertical sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and showing the trousers buttoned upon another Figure 3 is a garment; view similar to Fig. 2, but showing a section of the band at a point between buttonholes, as upon Figure 4 is a line 3 3 of Fig. 1; and face view of a portion of a waistband, with parts broken away for disclosing relationship of the various parts.

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawing,

the referenc-e numeral 1 indicates `in general a pair o-f trousers having a band 2 of my improved construction shown therein. As shown in Figures 1 to 4, said band is preferably arranged at the waist or belt line of the trousers, and for convenience may be termed a waistband. It is ever, that my to be understood, howinvention is applicable elsewhere than at the waistline of trousers, bloomers and the like, the sa me being shown on trousers in the present disclosure for purposes of being definite.

The band may be used for many other purposes,

as, for instance, at the belt line of waists, on vests, and for other purposes which will `be obvious to tho-se skilled in the art.

The manufacture of garment bandshas become of very highly competitive nature, so that o it hasbecome imperative to reduce thevcost of manufacture both as to labor and as to materials. In seeking the accomplishment of these results, I have devised a garment band which employs'a minimum of material and involves very little and o5 simple labor in the manufacture and application of the same. Heretofore garment bands have been manufactured individually, employingV sev'- eral thicknesses of material and various modes of stitching all of `which involve a sum total of expense far in excess of that which I find necessary in the manufacture of my improved. band. 'I employ a strip of material only a' very little wider than the width of the cheapest band now on the market, and yet by this minimum width of material I provide four plies of material in the band itself at the point of greatest strain, namely at the ends of the button-holes, whereas former waistbands made of so little material have no where near as'great stren`gth.v I'also 80 manufacture my band in such a manner 'that' it is capable of being made complete in great lengths and thereafter cut to the desired lengths without requiring other operations at thattime. By attaching my band to a garment as hereinv55 after described, I obtain an additional ply of material of the garment at the upper end of the button-hole, so that in reality I have five plies of material suporting the button where it applies the strain to the band. I.94)

In carrying out my invention as illustrated more particularly in Figures 1 to 4, I employ a strip of material which I double on a longitudinal line, as at 3, the doubling being substantially at the middle of the band, thereby providing what may be termed the body portion or main plies 4 and 5. I then again bend one of the plies, as 4, so it is reduced to the desired width of the waistband, doubling the extra width, which I will term ply 6, inwardly between the main plies 4 and 5. The A.m0 projecting edge '7 on the other main ply 5, is turned downwardly on the outside of the band forming another ply of material at that edge of the band. It will be obvious from this description that the band is thus provided with four 105 plies of material at one edge of the same (which for convenience will be termed the open edge since ones fingers can be inserted thereat between the plies of material) whereas the remaining portion of the width of the band, down to the e bottoms of the button-holes hereinafter referred to, is only two plies of material.

At intervals along the band I stitch transverse button-holes 8. Preferably these button-holes are stitched substantially from the open edge of the band downwardly toward the closed or doubled edge of the band so that the stitching of said button-holes at their upper ends will go through all of the plies of said band except the narrow turned over outside ply '7, which is held out of the way while the button-hole is being made. After the button-hole has been stitched, it is slit to provide a button-hole opening 9 upwardly to overlap the lower edge of said outside ply 7, as clearly shown in Figure 4.

By the construction so far described, it will be observed that the several plies of my garment band are held together by the stitching of the button-holes so that I do not require any longitudinal or other stitching to prevent the several plies from pulling apart or sagging when the band is in use. I accordingly accomplish a very material saving of labor by thus imposing the double function upon the button-hole stitching. It is furthermore to be noted that the stitching of the button-holes at their upper ends goes through three plies of the material and that the fourth ply of the material terminates just below the end of the button-hole opening. Consequently, when the band is in use as in Figure 2 all four plies of the material are functioning to resist all the strain of the button on the upper end of the button-hole opening. Since I employ no longitudinal lines of stitches, I am enabled to make the band in great lengths and thereafter can cut the same to the desired length for any particular use, as for a waistband such as shown in the views of the drawing now being described.

In use, the band is sewn to the garment by stitching the outside ply 7 thereof to an inturned end 10 of the garment material, and preferably the ply 7 and the inturned edge portion 10 are placed so that edges of the material are contiguous. This construction will therefore add the strength of the edge portion 10 of the garment material as still another ply to prevent a button 11 from pulling through the material. For purposes of illustration I have shown button 11 in Figure 2 attached by threads 12 as usual to any other garment, such as a waist, represented generally by numeral 13. It may be opportune at this time to call attention to the fact that the construction shown is such that the garment will be held snug to the body since there can be no sagging at the point of attachment of the buttons, and also that the buttons will be hid between the band and garment material in use. Furthermore I can employ ordinary material for manufacturing my band instead of special stiffened materials heretofore used for bands, in that my band does not have to be manipulated through a machine for either longitudinal, wavy, or other lines of stitching.

Obviouslyrother detail changes and modications may be made in the construction and use of my invention, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact structure shown except as set forth in the following claims when construed in the light of the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, I claim1- l. A garment band comprising two plies of material having a button-hole extending through and uniting said two plies of material, and said material having both edges turned over in the same direction at the upper edge of the band with one of the plies therebetween, said buttonhole passing through the eluded turned-in edge and the other turned edge forming a pocket adapted to receive the upper margin of a button when introduced through said button-hole.

two plies and the in- 105 2. A garment band comprising a strip of mal11() terial doubled longitudinally near a middle line of the strip thereby providing two plies of the material, the upper edge of the material being turned back between the said two plies and thereby providing three plies of material adjacent the U5 upper edge of the band, and a button-hole stitched through the three plies at the upper end of itself which receives the strain of the button in use and through the two plies at the lower end of itself whereby the upper end of the button-7120 hole which receives the strain is reenforced a greater extent than the other end.

MILTON L. HELLER.

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